They note sadly that all the crews these days are just kids, and that the old guard is almost gone. Thomsen is brought out, looking very inebriated and supported by two officers. His wife is ill back home and he leaves to call about her. They meet the Captain's chief engineer and de facto second-in-command "The Chief", (Klaus Wennemann), who is older and obviously doesn't look forward to another tour. Werner (Herbert Grönemeyer) who will be accompanying them on their next tour to report on the greatness of the Reich's sub crews. The Captain is then introduced to a party reporter, Lt. U-96's Captain (Jürgen Prochnow) looks on calmly.
The officers are just a bunch of rowdy kids having fun. It is an award banquet for a sub captain Thomsen (Otto Sander), who just received a commendation, as well as a sending off for U-96's crew. The next scene is in a raucous beer hall. The officers (including, as you soon find out, the Captain) take this in stride. They harass the officers in a fairly obnoxious way, including urinating on their car as it goes by.
Enlisted sailors are drunk and hanging out on the road. Three officers of U-96 are driving down a dark road by the shores of La Rochelle, France. In Fall of 1941 the German Atlantic U-Boat fleet is a mere 12 subs and the German campaign to rule the North Atlantic is turning against them.
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The movie opens with a title card noting that 40,000 Germans went out on submarines in WW2, and that 30,000 never came back.
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